Belgium

In the Judicial Code, Parts 1, 3, 4 and 5 contain provisions on IP.

Part 1 of the law consolidates all amendments until 2011. Parts 3 , 4 and 5 consolidates all amendments until 2012.

For specific provisions on intellectual property rights see:
- Competence of tribunal for Copyrights (Articles 572, 575, 589bis, 627 and 1369)
- Competence of tribunal for Patents (Articles 574, 1369bis to 1369ter)
- Counterfeiting (Articles 1481 to 1488 which have been repealed)

The notification by Belgium to the WTO under article 63.2 of TRIPS states:
'This Law makes provision inter alia for the following:
- pleas, reports and judgements to be public;
- an accusatory procedure and, in principle, a contentious procedure;
- decisions on the merits of the case to be made available to the parties (Article 792);
- ways of summoning the defendant (Articles 32 to 47);
- legal representation (Article 728);
- investigation and judgement of the case;
- submission of evidence (Article 870 to 1016);
- refusal to decide a case (Article 5);
- coercive regime if the principal sentence is not complied with (Article 1385 bis);
- payment of costs (Articles 1017 to 1024);
- the various legal remedies, including appeals against conviction in absentia, appeals, and appeals on a point of law (Article 21).
- frivolous or vexation appeal, which is punished by a fine (Article 1072 bis);
- the institution of ex parte proceedings if absolutely necessary (Articles 584, 1025, 1484).

Source: http://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/loi/loi.htm